Dubai, UAE – 7 October 2016: JW Marriott Marquis Dubai, the UAE's largest five-star hotel, is delighted to announce its Director of Sales & Marketing, Ms. Valerie Barrie, has been awarded with a Leadership Excellence award at CMO Asia & World Brand Congress’s 50 of GCC’s Women Leader Awards. Since embarking on this role in February 2016, Valerie, a Scottish national, has been working closely with the JW Marriott Marquis Dubai senior management team to further strengthen the iconic hotel strategies across key market segments , and oversee the achievement of sales targets.

Under the JW Marriott luxury tier group, Valerie has lead strategic campaigns across the property’s 14 acclaimed restaurants, bars and lounges, indulgent Saray spa and innovative Meetings, Incentive Conference and Event facilities, which have entrenched the hotel as a leading destination, boosting the UAE’s ability to cater for the luxury leisure and business markets. Her many successes have not only been recognized by her immediate team but also by a jury of senior leaders, researchers and academics including Arun Arora, Ex-President of The Economic Times, Steve Brown, Chief Patron of CMO Asia, and Dr Indira Parikh, President of Antardisha.

The World Brand Congress is the largest rendezvous of the best brains behind some of the world’s most successful and sought after brands. The Congress is a meeting place for branding and marketing leaders from every sector across the world, answering critical business challenges and experiencing the power of brand-building and rapid-fire ideas on marketing to reach the consumer. Under the strict criteria of strategic perspective, future orientation, track record, compliance, integrity, ethics, ability to foster sustainability and marketing competencies, Valerie Barrie has been recognized as excelling at making a difference to the Marriott International group.

In addition to her experience with JW Marriott Marquis Dubai, Barrie brings over 20 years of hospitality management experience across the UAE, Australia and the United Kingdom, where she has been responsible for leading the sales and marketing functions across a luxury property portfolio that includes JW Marriott Dubai, Hyatt Regency Coolum (Australia), Novotel Twin Waters Resort (Australia) and Aberdeen Marriott Hotel.

About JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts

JW Marriott is part of Marriott International’s luxury portfolio and consists of beautiful properties in gateway cities and distinctive resort locations around the world. These elegant hotels cater to today’s sophisticated, self-assured travelers, offering them the quiet luxury they seek in a warmly authentic, relaxed atmosphere lacking in pretense. JW Marriott properties artfully provide highly crafted, anticipatory experiences that are reflective of their locale so that their guests have the time to focus on what is most important to them. Currently, there are more than 75 JW Marriott hotels in over 25 countries; by 2020 the portfolio is expected to encompass more than 115 properties in over 35 countries. Visit us online, on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

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